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Altogether, there were 179 lightships, that served in the waters around the United States and protected the shipping from heavy accidents. Lightships in the USA are red in normally and carry the name of the station, to which they were assigned, on both sides of the hull in white letters. However, these names are not the ship names because they were altered from station to station. American lightships were marked with a combination of numbers such as LV 103/WAL 526. Today, only 15 lightships are remaining from the 179 lightships, of which however, none is on active service anymore. The American population's interest in the conservation of these historic ships is very high. Therefore the lightships are accessible to the public and in very good condition as museum ships.
You will find only a summary of data of the individual lightships in this table.
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LV 1 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 2 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 3 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 4 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 5 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 6 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 7 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 8 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 9 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 10 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 11 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 12 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 13 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 14 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 15 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 16 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 17 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 18 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 19 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 20 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 21 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 22 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 23 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 24 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 25 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 28 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 29 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 30 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 31 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 32 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 33 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 34 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 35 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 37 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 38 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 39 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 40 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 41 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 42 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 43 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 44 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 45 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 46 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 47 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 48 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 49 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 50 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 51 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 52 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 53 WAL 501 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 54 WAL 502 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 55 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 56 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 57 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 58 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 59 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 60 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 61 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 62 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 63 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 64 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 65 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 66 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 67 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 68 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 69 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 70 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 71 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 72 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 73 WAL 503 1901 37,76
m Sunk
during hurricane September 14, 1944 LV 74 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 75 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 76 WAL 504 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 77 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 78 WAL 505 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 79 WAL 506 1904
39,30
m Lies
in Camden, NJ, but is in bad condition and not open to the public LV 80 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 81 WLV 507 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 82 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 83 WAL 508 1904
39,30
m Seattle,
WA . LV 84 WAL 509 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 85 WAL 510 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 86 WAL 511 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 87 WAL 512 1907 41,30
m Museum
ship of the LV 88 WAL 513 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 89 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 90 WAL 514 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 91 WAL 515 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 92 WAL 516 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 93 WAL 517 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 94 WAL 518 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 95 WAL 519 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 96 WAL 520 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 97 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 98 WAL 521 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 99 WAL 522 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 100 WAL 523 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 101 WAL 524 LV 102 WAL 525 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 103 WAL 526 1921 29,40
m Museum
ship of the LV 105 WAL 527 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 106 WAL 528 1923
40,35
m wreck
in Suriname Sorry,
no photo! . LV 107 WAL 529
1923
40,35
m Marina
office space LV 108 WAL 530 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 109 WAL 531 1923
40,35
m wreck
in Suriname Sorry,
no photo! . LV 110 WAL 532 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 111 WAL 533 1926 40,35
m stranded
near Montevideo 1973 LV 112 WAL 534 1936
45,36
m Oyster
Bay, NY LV 113 WAL 535 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 114 WAL 536 1930 scrapped
in 2007 LV 115 WAL 537
1930 40,60
m New
York City, NY . LV 116 WAL 538 1930 40,60
m Museum
ship of the LV 117 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . LV 118 WAL 539
1938
35,00
m Museum
ship EXP 99 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . WLV 189 . . . Sorry,
no photo! . WLV 196 1946 39,00
m Ketchikan,
Alaska WLV 604 WLV 605 1950
39,00
m Museum
in WLV 612 1951
39,00 m Residential
ship . WLV 613 1952
39,00
m Boston,
MA . LV 12 (2) . . . Sorry,
no photo! .
with loss of all 12 crewmen
Lightship BARNEGAT
Lightship SWIFTSURE
Lightship AMBROSE
South Street Seaport Museum in New York
Lightship PORTSMOUTH
Lightship HURON
Port Huron Museum
in Port Huron, Michigan
Lightship WINTER QUARTER
in the Liberty Landing Marina, New Jersey, NJ
and scrapped
Lightship NANTUCKET
Lightship NEW BEDFORD
40,60
m
Lightship FRYING PAN
Lightship CHESAPEAKE
Baltimore Maritime Museum
Lightship OVERFALLS
in Lewes, DE
Lightship COLUMBIA
Astoria - Oregon
Lightship RELIEF
Oakland, CA
Lightship NANTUCKET
1
in Boston, MA
for sale
Lightship NANTUCKET
II
